Leland and Gray Players present 'Mary Poppins'

KRISTOPHER RADDER - BRATTLEBORO REFORMER
Members of the Leland & Gray Players run through the final rehearsal for the Mary Poppins Musical on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. The play opens up to the public on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 at 7 p.m. at Leland & Gray Union Middle and High School.

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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 4:21 pm

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TOWNSHEND — Leland and Gray Players' first show of its 22nd season is "Mary Poppins" by Julian Fellows, Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman. According to director Jessa Rowan, this is "a musical that shows us how to discover the good in ourselves, how to find the magic in our everyday lives and how to treat others with the utmost kindness. Mary Poppins teaches us all lessons: how to turn our hearts to kindness and to love. She teaches us how to spin a gloomy day of chores to a game of cheer. We learn to look past appearances and to give away what we have to those in need. In this day and age, these lessons are so very essential which, I believe, makes this musical quite timeless."

L&G Players' Rowan leads, assisted by Mehner; stage management is by Dakota Gervais; music direction is shared by Dan Dewalt and James Pecsok and the pit band features award-winning alumna, Karlie Kauffeld; high school music teacher Rene Bernard; Dewalt; Pecsok, junior Max Spicer on percussion. Choreography is by Sarah Grasso, Ben Ashley and Sarah Forfa assisted by student Veronica Stevens. Set is designed by Rowan and junior Anna Cate Harrison. Annie Landenberger is production consultant.

"Mary Poppins" runs tonight, at 7 p.m.; Friday, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, at 3 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, at 3 p.m., in Leland and Gray's Dutton Gymnasium. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and 62 plus. All refreshments and delicacies are by donation. For more information and to reserve in advance, contact verbatimvt@gmail.com.

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